Novercal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /nəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)kəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Novercal is an adjective meaning (dated) Of or pertaining to a stepmother.
Meaning
(dated) Of or pertaining to a stepmother.
Example Sentences
when almost the whole tribe of birds do thus, by incubation, produce their young , it is a wonderful deviation , that some few families only ſhould do it in a more novercal way
Guido's old lady-mother Beatrice, / Who since her husband, Count Tommaso's death, / Had held sole sway i' the house,—the doited crone / Slow to acknowledge, curtsey and abdicate,— / Was recognized of true novercal type, / Dragon and devil.
Synonyms for novercal
Depending on context, synonyms include stepmotherly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stepmotherly, stepparental, stepfatherly, consobrinal, stepsisterly, consort.
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